Improvement in ironing-machines



. NITED STATES PATENT DFFICE.

GEORGE FRANCIS PERRENET, OF ROOKPORT, TEXAS. v

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-MACHINES.

Specification forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 156,496, dated November 3, 1874; application led April 18, 1874.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. PERRENET, of Rockport, Aransas county, Texas, have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Machine, of which the following is a specification:

The invention Will first be fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation. Fig. 4 is a transverse section; and Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views, showing a locking device for the tilting frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y

A is a tableof any approved kind or form, on "which is an ironingboard, B, arranged to reciprocate in ways O, said board having one end connected, by chain D, to drum E, and the other end connected to drum F by chain VG. The chains cross and extend beyond the up by the sides of the frame and the ironing-v board, along a guide-rod, P, and betweentwoprojecting stud-pins, Q, on the table. These stops Q alternately strike the lever N on opposite sides, tilt the frame I, so as .to bring first one pinion M and then the other into connection with spur-wheel L. R is a lock-pin connected to a slotted rock-lever, S, which is worked by an arm, T, on the shifting-lever N for locking the tilting frame. The iron U is connected, by a pin, V, to the arms W of a lcrotched bracket, X, which is mounted on a post, Y, so as to move np and down to some extent, and has a spring, Z, and a lever, m, to pull it down and press the iron on the board; and it also has a cam-lever, a, to raise it up and hold it by the button b. The balance- Wheel e has a wrist-pin, which is provided with a rod and a link, to which a foottreadle, f, is connected to work it by foot-power when required; and, in order to apply other power also, the crank is connected to the crank g of a counter driving-shaft, It, by a connectingrod, i, which has a long slot, k, in the middle portion, by which it is pivoted on an axis, j, on which it oscillates and slides, so as to avoid the dead-pointsl common to the direct connection in actuating the shaft.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with table A, of crossed chains D G, drums E F, guide-plate H, and tilting frame I, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The lever N, having arm T, combined with slot-ted' rock-lever S and pin R, as and for the purpose described.

3. The vertically-movable bracket X W on post Y, combined with spring Z and levers m a, as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE FRANCIS PERRENET.

Witnesses:

WM. P. MoGEEw, OHAs. F. BAILEY. 

